Sesquipadelian's list "Popes and Antipopes" of 20 great name ideas: Cletus - Callixtus!

Popes and Antipopes

Just interesting names Popes have had (whether given or chosen), as well as names related to the Popes. Not gonna include the obvious like Peter or John or John-Paul. While many early popes kept their given name, it was often latinized (similarly to how we call Christopher Columbus Christopher even though his first name was likely Cristoffa).

Sometimes used as a short-form of Catholic Pope name Anacletus, Cletus is an ancient name that has not-yet found the popularity of Theodore, Leo, Atticus and Max. It perhaps suffers from its association to the yokel character in <i>The Simpsons </i>, but we think it's time for a reconsideration, given how well it fits into several current trends. Nickname Clete is cute as a button!

Cletus

Abramius

Adeodatus

Agapetus

Agapito

Agatho

Agáthon

Anacletus

Anastasius

Anicetus

Anterus

Anthērós

Aníkētos

Aristus

Athalaric

Avienus

Kónon

Berengar

Caelius

Callixtus